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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
A Government for the People.

Will you please state the origin of the definition
of our government as lone Of the people. by the
people and for the people?" S. Il. S.
1t Is contained in the concluding sentence
of Abraham Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg,
on Nov 10, 1858. Tho following is the
speech:
"Four score and seven years ago our faith
ers brought forth upon this continent a new
nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated
to the proposition that all men are created
equal. Now we are engaged in great civil
war, testing whether that nation or any ma
ton so conceived and SO dedicated can long
endure. We are met upon a great battle
field of that war. We have come here to
dedicate a portion of that field as final rest
ing place for those who have given their lives
that the nation might live. It is altogether
fitting and proper that we should do this.
But in large sense we cannot dedicate, we
cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this
ground. The brave men, living and dead,
who struggled here have consecrated it far
above our power to add or detract. The
world will little note nor long remember
what we say here, but it can never forget
what they did here. 1t is for us, the living,
rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished
work which they who fought here have thus
far so nobly advanced. 1t is rather for us to
be here dedicated to the great work remain
ing before us; that from these honored dead
we take increased devotion to tho cause for
which they gave the last full measure of de.
votion; that we here highly resolve that these
dead shall not have died in vain; that this
nation, under God, shall have a new birth Of
freedom, and that government of the people,
by the people and for the people shall not
perish from the earth"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
A LOVE SONG.

Fair were the fields to-day, and thou had'st found
me.
Nearest thou me, all nearest thou me?
Sweet were the bonds of love, and thou had'st
bound me.
Hearest thou me, my love?
Sweet is the sound of the redbreast's song
When the owl flies out from cover
Sweetest is sleep, if the day be long,
But love is best-true love is best
Ali nearest thou that, my lover2
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
GOLD AND SILVER.
Along her fathers field they strayed,
AL fiecked with cowslips yellow,
A l;ttla .l.;,t,, <-->la lo,-<,l ,,,>,l

Along her fathers field they strayed,
AL fiecked with cowslips yellow,
A little dainty gold haired maid.
A sturdy nine-year fellow.
And there loves course they two began
Cab, thorny path for treadingn .a,
And vowed when they were maid and man
The town should see q wedding,
Their golden curls were blown and blent,
"And OH" they murmured, well content,
"'Twill be golden weddingl"
"'Tis time" said he, ITO claim her VOW"
And forth he went and found her;
But she was grown a beauty now,
And half the town was round her.
II see, " says he, 'you don't want mev
Though tears were ripe for shedding.
I'm glad your eyes are good, says she.
All, where's that golden wedding?
He flung away, and left her there,
Such heart sore tear drops shedding,
And gossips cried in bland despair, -
Hes spoiled the rarest wedding" -
He sailed the seas, he beat the French,
Two score good years he tarried,
And then he thought, THAT little wench-
wonder If she's married."
Next week bluff old tar rolled past,
The gabled High street treading,
And ancient gossips crowed, AT last
We're like to have the wedding!"
She'd waited for him forty years
The gray their locks were threading;
And some with smiles and some with tears,
Beheld their silver wedding.
IF. Langbridge in Good Words,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
A Disputed Point.

What to do with hat, overcoat, cane or UNI
brella, when making call, is source of dis
pute to not few men. Good authority says
that gentleman in making brief visit
should always carry his hat into the parlor,
leaving his overcoat, etc, in the hall. But
when going to spend the evening with friend
whom he visits often, it is quite proper to
leave the hat in the hall. In making an after.
noon call it is proper, according to recognized
masculine authority, to carry the hat and
cane or umbrella, IL the latter is dry and
tightly rolled, into the parlor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
A Column Of Information on Various
Subjects.

A Column Of Information on Various
Subjects.
Kindly inform me what is the size Of the
largest Indian ak ever found-i. e., now on record.
SUBSCRIBER.
The question has been referred to Pro-
fessor f. w. Putnam, curator and scientist
of the Peabody Museum of American
Archaeology and Ethnology, at Cambridge,
Mass, who says:
II can only say that several large axes have
been recorded by various collectors, who con-
slider that the science of archaeology consists
in measuring the size of the. various axes,
arrow heads, etc, which they have. l have
never kept a record of such matters: but re-
member having seen three very large perfect
specimens i'm the collection of Mr.. Walter G.
Wyman, of Chicago" ....
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
ClickcliCk:
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR u.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR II.
Prevents Roup, Prevents eapes, Pro.
vents Cholera, Prevents Egg.Eats
Ing, Prevents Laying Soft
Gags, Makes Hens lay
It Sells for Six Gents Per Pound,
In Boxes,

Chick. poultry food and pre-
yentive Of disease for poultry, tho great egg
the health Of the towing. 1t Is the first article Of
its kind ever Patented In the United States,
Canada and England. Try it. 1t costs only
six cents per pound. 1t is no powder. Chick.
ems will eat it. That ought to convince you that
it is good. If your Grocer, Druggist, Hard.
ware or Country Storekeeper will not get 10
for you, send me one dollar, and will ship
you twenty pound box by freight, or one hundred
pounds for FIVE dollars. A large box will cost you
no more freight than small box. Attend to your
poultry, if you want to make profit out Of them,
just the same as you attend to your land. Unless
you manure your land it viii not pay you. just
so with poultry; you mus. give them something
besides feed. They must have material to
q. answer for grinders, and material for the egg.
II you feed Chick-chick-er-re-kee (egg food
every day you viii never have any sick chick.
ems, and your hens will lay eggs when otherwise
they would not. You will never do without Il
after fair trial. Do not pay twenty-five or
fifty cents q pound for medicine to feed your
poultry when you can get better article from
your storekeeper at six cents pound. Don't
be clam; try it. Manufactured In the United
CtatfS nnly hxy
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
yfoisteninr the Air Of Rooms

In a close, unventilated room, says a scien.
tific writer, the impure air may be easier
tolerated by the lungs when saturated with
moisture; but, with the constant supply of
fresh out Of door air with which every apart
ment should be supplied, any artificial adj
dition Of aqueous vapor is both unnecessary
and useless; and only in very exceptional
cases is it likely to produce any beneficial
effect upon the health of the persons breath
ing it,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
Manners and Customs Praoticed in Po-
lite Society.


lite Society.
A married lady,'if she respects the customs
of polite society, does not prefix "Mrs." to
her signature in note or letter. If, however,
she is writing to stranger who is un
acquainted with her relationship she uses tpo
prefix, but invariably incloses it in brackets
Sometimes, says an authority on social oti-
quette, when it is important that no mistake
be made about the authorship of TIN, letter.
she may sign her own name In full and be.
meath it in brackets her husbands, Just as she
would order it engraved on her visiting card.
An unmarried lady incloses [Missl before
her name when it is essertial that Der ide,sity
be perfectly understood. A very convenient
exception to IT, above custom Is that mar
ried lady may sign herself Mrs Blank, an
u ~. ..ried one Miss Blank, or Miss Polly
-.ank, when writing to butcher, baker and
other domestic orders. This, with the date
and address, will prove sufficient direction
for the reply.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
SONG.

What time our lips grew one together,
My love, my life,
Was IL In sad or sunby weather,
By mountain snow or meadow heather
In peace or strife?
What time our souls grew one forever
By night or day,
In growth that blooms and withers never,
Was il by fate or sweet endeavor
That none could stay?
But ali, why askf For love is better
Than death can be;
Since even earth's bondage. law and letter
Shall bind not love with sleeps cold fetter,
My life, for thee.
w. j. Henderson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
Facts, Theories and Experiences In Every
Day Lilo.

Day Life.
DR.. Hedges, of Plainaeld, N. j.. has de-
clared against toasted bread. He speaks of it
as ian innocent looking thing, and yet, like
the Grecian horse before the walls of Troy, it
works sad havoc when once inside" He gives
facts from his own experience to show that
toast is not at all times innocent and free
from the capacity to do harm as is generally
believed. 1t is, he claims, dangerous in gas
tro-intestinal diseases He has found it posi-
lively dangerous in convalescence from
typhoid fever, dysentery and other intestinal
affections, and relates cases in which, the pa
tients being fed with toast, severe relapses
occurred, one of which proved fatal in few
hours
at would seem as if the gritty particles of
charcoal, insoluble in the juices in the stom-
ach, are showed up and down over the irrita-
bic mucous membrane like so much powdered
glass, and, finding their way into the intes-
tine, scratch the inflamed Peyer'S patches, re.
newing the infammatory action and engen-
dering perforation."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
Useful Hints.

Nine-tenths of the persons who suffer from
sleeplessness have cold feet. The remedy sug-
gests itself.
mild sage tea with little bay rum added
is one of the best Of preventives for hair
falling ont
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
Meerscllaun.

I have heard that meerschaum has some rela,
tion to sea feam Will you please state if so, and
what the relation is? 7. w.
Meerschaum takes its name from the Ger
man words meaning sea and foam, so named
from its whiteness and lightness, 1t is sill
cate of magnesia. 1t is found in Spain and
other Mediterranean countries
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
A Quotation.

Where can find the lines:
None knew thee but to love thee
MINNIE p
They are from Fitz Green Halleck's death
Of Joseph Rodman Drake"
Green be the turf above thee,
Friend of my better days;
None knew thee but to love thee, ;
None named thee but to praise. =
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
An Occultation.

noticed on the last of March, one evening, q
bright star very near the dark part of the neNg
moon. While I was looking the star suddenly
'went out" Will you please explain this?
NJ o.
1t was what in astronomy is called an &C.
cultation. The star was occulted by the
moon, which was west of the star when you
saw it, and travelling east. The dark part of
the moon mot illuminated by the SUM- passed
between 5he star and the earth. From the
sudden "going out" of the star, which you
noticed, astronomers argue that the moon
has no atmosphere; otherwise the occultation
would be more gradual.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
A Poem,

Can you give me the poem in which the words
occur:
Say not good night. but in some fairer cline
Bid me good morning.
They are from A. L. Barbaulds poem
called "Life:"
Life! know not what thou art,
But yet know that we must part;
And when and where and how we met,
Town to me 8 a secret yet.
Life! we've been long together,
In pleasant and in stormy weather:
'Tis hard to part when friends are dear;
Perhaps twill cost sigh, a tear.
Then steal away, give little warning;
Choose thine own time,
Say not good night, but in some brighter cline
Bid me good morning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12

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Sufferers from any of those ailments, befoi e
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Health, a Private Medical Treatise on the above
diseases, with the Anatomy ard Physiology Of
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Pamphlets and chart of questions for stating
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All business strictly confidential. Office hours
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12

Only well authenticated facts have been eiyen
IN the above sketch. No attempt at explanation
mas oeen made but who viii question that there
ARE mental experiences. mysterious indef,nahIo
which suggest the action upon us of Conscious
intelligent powersY'-william H. Bushnell ia
New York Mercury. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
Advantages OF whitewash.

Whitewash has many uses, political and
moral, Tor immoral rather as well ms
economic. But as fire eXtinsuisher IL
has not been hitherto generally recognized
here. "Do you know" said scientific
gentleman tho other day, "that it Is next
TO impossible TO burn a whitewashed
fence' And do you know, further, that
IN France, to protect frame and the in
tcriors Of other buildings from fire, the
walls, beams, joists and the under side of
hoorings are thickly coated with lime
wash before they arc placed in position3
1t is so, and If this course, which has pre-
vailed abroad almost from time imme-
mortal, were adopted here, 1t would save
many house, many village, fror
struction. do not mean TO sa~ &c
will prevent the spread of q f. that 1t
dor great Roadway; but &c once I'M
flammablc character j. irom It's unin.
the prime ignition - Is 3 guard against
results" Thir mat often leads to dire
20 making little hint set the writer
thoritie~ inquiry among competent au-
tor =, and full confirmation of the doc
- words was the outcome.
transcript.
The Lost Arts.
What were the lost artsf d.
All we know Of them Is by indications of
tnelr practice, which we ma III works that
have survived decay. or their nu:uber only
q few can be mentioned in our brief space.
The ancient Egyptians, Pbnnicians and
Romans had knowledge Of some things In
chemistry which we do not possess. Such as
TO make malleable glass They also knew
how to color and guild glass by q process I'M
known to us Bronze and copper were tenn
pered to the hardness of steel, and of this tue
Egyptians made their edged tools Paints
were mixed, whose colors were imperishable;
at least they have existed fresh for 1900
years. At Damascus they made blades Of
steel which could be bent into circle and
would fly back into perfect line Neither
this nor the gold tracery in their steel can We
initiate to-day. We do not know how Kings
Rameses and Thotmes transported monoliths
and elevated them on to the Pyramids;
though we could do the same to-day by other
processes. Artisans and chemists have In vain
tried to reproduce iridescent glass which
archaologists have brought to light. This
does not complete the catalogue, but it is
enough to show that the ancients were by no
means unskilled
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
Tbn CapitOr.

How did the District of Columbia and the city
of washington derive their namesf S. d.
In 1871 commission was appointed for the
site of the Capitol of the United States This
commission directed Maj L'Enfant, who was
designing maps of the district, to a.! 1t
Columbia and the city Washington.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
Invitations to MOurners.

Please inform me whether it is etiquette to In.
vite people i'm mourning to parties and receptions
JULIA
Perhaps good taste would suggest the i'm.
propriety of sending such an invitation closely
after serious bereavement, but as general
thing such invitations are sent to people who
it is known will not accept them as COM
pliment, and there is no improperly in send
ing them to people in mourning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
A"Hoarse voice - yy.nt.a.

A singular "want" is that of Maestro
Capelli, of Florence, the composer of the
new opera "Evilia,' who is anxious to
find and engage a basso with a coarse.
harsh and hoarse voice, for the recital of
brief musical monologue, on the strongly
realistic rendering of which the composer
stakes his success. -New York Graphic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
rhe New York Chorus Girl.

A chorus girl at the Metropolitan Opera
house, New York, cannot get married, it
Is stated, unless she gives the manager at
least two weeks notice, otherwise her
contract becomes null. It is further
stated that the manager has not been
known to withhold his assent in any case.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
Floral Decorations.

Floral decorations of the San Francisco
dining room are orange trees, laurels,
palms and tree ferns. For table center
pieces are pepper plants, hyacinths, palm
grass and cineraria.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
It was what in astronomy is called an {
ApOCrypha.

Can you tell us what is the meaning of the word
apocrypha, as applied to the books of the Bible
called by that name? JOHN r.
It is from the Greek word apochryphos,
meaning concealed. In the case cited the
original meaning was hidden OF unpublished.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12

did it originate and who was its founder
CAROLINE.
The order has for its object social purity,
binding alike on men and women. 1t was
conceived by Miss Ellice Hopkins and origin
ated by Bishop Durham, of London, England.
The leader in America is DR.. B. F. De Costa,
list, New York city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12

In 1875 the premiums were s53, 504, and the
rental s15.4 93, making a total of S6S,997.
This is the highest point reached. Since then
it has been gradually running down. In 1886
and 1887 it was about 81, 600 In all.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12

plymouth Church Pew Rents.
What was .he highest rental for pews ever re-
ceived in one year at Mr.. Beechers church,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12

close of our war of 1872 with England? H.
Notwithstanding our victories we suffered
so much that we were about to propose
terms of peace, when England showed a dis
position to meet us half way. She did not
formally yield the right to search our vessels
for her seamen, but practically gave it up.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
s. s. MYERS, Patentee,

GAG N. From. st. PHILAD,A, PA.
Sec what the Secretary of the Interstate Poultry
and Pet Stock Association, Of Golden,
Illinois, says: p
August 8, 1856.
SIS MYERS.
DRAi SIR II have used someof your Chick.
ehiek-er-re-kee Poultry Food. lam satisfied
tAat il increases the esg production of my fowls.
A. A. COWDERY,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
A Cooperative Company store. !"

The great Cambria iron works at Johns
town, Pa, which employs $500 persons,
has decided to mako its company store''
Q cooperative concern. It sells $1,000
900 year in goods. The capital will be
S2OO,0O0. Holdings by any one person
are limited. Dividends cannot go above
10 per cent. Stockholders have a first
claim for per cent. Then all purchasers
OF SlO worth of goods have 8 per cent. of;
then the stockholders, If there Is still fur
ther profit, may have their dividend raised
TO ~ per cent. Above 10 per cent. all
pront goes to customers in a rebate on
purchases. Public Opinion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
A Calling Gun.

How many times a minute can Calling gun
be flredi READER
Two hundred times a minnie
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12

1nere Is one divorce In ever four and a
bali marriages, statisticiap claims,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
An Unanswered Lettsr.

A gentleman who has been my correspondent
for some months has not answered my last letter.
Now, wish to have the correspondence revived,
but do not think 1t is my place to write again till
he answers my last letter VIII you please adj.
wise me what / can do without appearing to be
too anxiousg LILLE b.
II you are sure your last letter was received
you cannot do anything, SO far as writing is
concerned. As 10 further advice, some one
nearer to you would be better prepared to
give IL. 80 .
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
p | (. &

neapolis and Northwest, as to satisfactory
treat nent and certainty of cure. Send for
namphlet treating on rectal disease, and
eference, free. lbs Hennepin av. Minneap
oils.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12
The white Cross.

What is the order of tine White CROSSE Where
did it originate and who was its founder
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12

winch country dictated terms of peace at the
Hose of our war of 1912 with England? H.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-12

DIR. H. WAITE, special
ist, graduate and
registered physician,
10 years i'm Mjnneapo'
lis. No need to con-
suit rs, but ask hun
,lreds of leading citl-
zens of st. Paul, Min